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Jason Alexander fully understands that he will always be most widely known as George Costanza, the highly neurotic, easily angered friend of Jerry Seinfeld on the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld." That's life when you're part of one of the most successful series in the history of television. And he's just fine with that. But while sitcom fame and money are wonderful things, the 55-year-old actor's heart has always been in the theater, specifically musical theater, he said. And that's the Jason Alexander who will be front and center in his symphony shows at the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall at 8 tonight and Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday. "I never thought I...

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